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In Part 1 of this series, we demonstrated how to send signals using soft or Simple Infrared PWM on Arduino. In our Part 2 post we looked at sending RAW IR signals – specifically a RAW NEC signal and a longer RAW Mitsubishi Air Conditioner signal using soft PWM. We have since improved the PWM method shown in Part 1Part 2to provide better performance and improve portability. In this Part 3, we will take the signals from Part 2 and show how to send them using their binary (or Hex) representation, which can save lots of SRAM in many projects, particularly when dealing with longer AC signals.

Original NEC 32-bit and Mitsubishi 88-bit Signals captured using AnalysIR

Dublin, Ireland – 31st January 2014. We are happy to announce the latest ‘New Year’ release of AnalysIR to all our backers & supporters. Since the completion of the crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo we have added over 125 updates and enhancements to AnalysIR, with more to come.

Today we issued a test release of AnalysIR, supporting V1 & V2 USB IR Toy loaded with firmware V22. If you have an IR Toy and want to test it out, leave a message with your email in the contact form at the top. Naturally, this is available only to backers with AnalysIR. You can support our project and get a copy of AnalysIR via the option at the top of this page.

Just a ‘heads up’ to let all backers know that we plan to issue the next release of AnalysIR to everyone within the next 12 hours, as originally planned.

During the last 4 weeks we have received both valuable & contructive feedback, resulting in over 100 Updates or fixes and which also include a selection of new bonus features. As with all new Software, we expect to have more issues reported and we will continue to issue new releases with fixes and additional features monthly or weekly until then end of 2013, as required.

We are very excited about AnalysIR and thanks to the great feedback & suggestions received so far, it is now a much more feature-rich and comprehensive tool than we ever imagined when we embarked on this campaign. We would encourage you all to continue suggesting enhancements and reporting any issues or usability improvements over the coming months.

Download & installation instructions will be contained in the email to be issued later directly to backers. This will be an 0.9.x release and we hope to upgrade this to a 1.0 release before the end of the year.

Just a quick update to let you know how things are progressing with the phase 1 roll-out.

Today we have issued our 2nd release to the initial participants which includes 22 updates and fixes to AnalysIR plus many other updates to the User Guide. AnalysIR has benefited greatly from the feedback received with a bonus of more features added.

We have recently received an Arduino DUE and have succeeded in porting our existing Arduino code to this new device. The porting was surprisingly quick and very few changes were required, which is all credit to the Arduino Team for making it so easy for us. The DUE code will be merged into our release cycle sometime over the next month or so.

So far we have had mainly positive results on the Arduino platform. However, the Raspberry Pi platform (RPi) is presenting more challenges than anticipated. The good news is that we believe we have a workaround for RPi and we will work on resolving any trailing issues over the next weeks. Another aspect of the RPi roll-out is that it requires greater knowledge of things such as Linux, networking and compiling on the RPi for users. We will put some thought and effort into trying to simplify this experience – but this may take more time than anticipated. Arduino is just so easy to use…..

At this time, we would also like to open up the phase 1 roll-out to another 10 backers on a first come basis. So the first 10 emails to arrive in our inbox, from backers, will receive an invitation. You can use the IGG message feature for this or just email info@A?????IR.com (replace the A?????IR with our name). To participate you will need an Arduino or RPi and an IR receiver and of course time.

At this point we still expect to release AnalysIR to all backers in or around Sep 30th.

Like this:

I just received an email from one backer enquiring about when AnalysIR will be available for download. Here is an edited copy of our reply, in case any other backers have the same question.

As described on the main Campaign page & updates – we have already issued an invitation email for the phase 1 roll-out, which will begin next week and runs for the next 2-3 weeks. The ‘phase 1 invitees’ were selected as per the criteria on the main campaign page (early backers & backers who contributed the most)

If you did not receive an invitation for phase 1, you will receive an email with details on how to download and register AnalysIR after the phase 1 roll-out is completed. (Hopefully in less than 3 weeks or before September 30th 2013).

All IR starter Kits are ‘in the air’ and on their way around the world, including the ones requested this week.

We have completed updating the Getting started guide and have installed a website CMS, discussion forum & bug tracking system on our website. However, we don’t plan to expose anything on our website just yet.

We will continue to work through our task list for the remainder of this week.

Wow, what a couple of months this has been with over 1,300 emails received, new partners, over 4,168 referrals to the campaign, 208% funded, several world firsts with IR on Arduino & Raspberry Pi and most importantly backed by 150 people from 32 Countries across the globe. Not to mention some great bonus features added to AnalysIR along the way, some of which have been inspired by our backers.

AnalysIR decodes over 75 of the most common base CIR protocols formats, including TVs, STBs, Air Conditioners & other variants/devices, and boasts a comprehensive range of features to help you as a Maker or Professional. This translates into many 10,000s of actual devices. It also analyzes 99.9%+ of all infrared remote control signals.

…everything is working like a charm – loving it ! Again, thanks for your quick help and for making such a helpful piece of kit !

Arduino User, Germany

The link you sent me cured my trouble. Your instructions were easy to follow. Thank you again for wonderful support. All tools are lined up and ready to go.

Arduino User, Spain

Your software is fantastic. I’m trying to control my IR devices over UDP, and it’s just made my life a hell of a lot easier. {Running AnalysIR under Vm on OSX}

OSX VM User, UK

Now i can figure out the correct {AC signal} checksum. (SUM, ignore 1 bytes @ end.) Finally i found it! Thanks for your great software.

AnalysIR User, Hungary

Thanks for that! Worked perfectly. …. a replacement remote was £300!

Arduino User, UK

I just wanted to say that AnalysIR rules as well as it’s documentation and the Arduino-firmware! A very nice piece of high quality engineering! Keep up the good work!! 🙂

Arduino User, Sweden

Just to make you aware that everything is working fine. I’ve been finally able to use my IR Toy!

USB IR Toy user, Italy

AnalysIR has proved to be extremely valuable, not least as a learning tool for me.

USB IR Toy user, New Zealand

Adding the networking capability to AnalysIR is great for me.

IR Professional - CO, USA

Once again, thanks for your assistance recently and also for AnalysIR, a really brilliant piece of software that has really helped me with my project{Air Conditioner}. The learner/sensor kit has also helped a great deal.

Arduino User, UK

Thank-you very much for your speedy reply. The installation … into Windows 7 went very smoothly as did the firmware into an Arduino Uno. VERY nice installation documentation.First off, let me say WOW. I am most impressed with your product. … AnalysIR is the missing link I was looking for.

Arduino User, Ontario Canada

Thanks again you guys rock customer service.

AnalysIR User, CT USA

In a few minutes I was able to record & replay Hitachi RAF/RAK AC signals…

IR Toy User, France

I think we can call this weekend a success!! {for LaserTag decoding}

USB IR Toy user, UK

That is an awesome auto-generation tool (took all of the hard work away!) Got it going now and controlling my heat pump from the house automation system.

Arduino User, UK

Congratulations for your work, specially for the detailed info provided to the users in their first steps. I know AnalysIR from Hackaday. I was looking for a good and not so much difficult way to study IR technology.

Arduino User, Spain

I feel your software is a great tool for any IR-based project.

USB IR Toy User, Kenya

My main interest in your project was your ability to detect {modulation} frequencies.

Arduino User, IN USA

Just 2 lines to let you know I am now sending IR codes to my AC from JeeNode with IRremote and everything is working fine. IR codes are stored in flash with PROGMEM and copied to a buffer in RAM each time before calling irSend(). Thanks again for your help.

JeeNode User, Italy

I have to admit, I’m very impressed with the Hardware/Software and the support!!! (early adopter for ’embedded’ LearnIR)

…I’m really grateful for your continuous support and your amazing piece of software.….Again, thanks very much for all your support…it is really appreciated!!!

Arduino User, Malta

The link you sent me cured my trouble. Your instructions were easy to follow. Thank you again for wonderful support. All tools are lined up and ready to go.

Arduino User, Spain

Just to make you aware that everything is working fine. I’ve been finally able to use my IR Toy!

USB IR Toy user, Italy

…the IR is Hitachi184_264_296AC. right out of the box…..What a great piece of software.

ESP8266 User - UK

Thank you for such wonderful software.

Arduino User, Russia

Got it working. Thanks a lot for your support. Its a great software and my codes were recognised. {Air-Conditioner project}

Arduino User, Uttar Pradesh - India

Thank-you very much for your speedy reply. The installation … into Windows 7 went very smoothly as did the firmware into an Arduino Uno. VERY nice installation documentation.First off, let me say WOW. I am most impressed with your product. … AnalysIR is the missing link I was looking for.

Arduino User, Ontario Canada

AnalysIR is a great piece of software – very impressive, so well done on developing a very useful tool……..worked first time!

Arduino User, UK

Thanks for that! Worked perfectly. …. a replacement remote was £300!

Arduino User, UK

Up and running! VERY NICE! …… THANKS for your prompt attention!

USB IR Toy user, KY USA

I wish I would have had this program when I designed an RC6 remote control years ago.

I am using it{AnalysIR} with an IR Toy V2. Already helped me understand a home theater problem I was having.Thanks

USB IR Toy User, NJ USA

Once again thank you for your wonderful support

Win8 user, Singapore

Congratulations for your work, specially for the detailed info provided to the users in their first steps. I know AnalysIR from Hackaday. I was looking for a good and not so much difficult way to study IR technology.

Arduino User, Spain

…BTW, I used AnalysIR for the first time a few minutes ago. I figured I’d need an hour or two to get it working, but I had it running in about two minutes! I simply read the section in the manual about IRToy, set my COM port, and that was it! Now, I have to learn what it can do. So far, I am impressed, and I think the $15 investment will save me time on my current project and others.

USB IR Toy user, MA USA

Looking forward to trying out your software, it looks amazing.

AnalysIR User, Australia

Great bit of software BTW – really easy to use.

Spark Core user, UK

Hi, I want to thank you now I can record data IR from my sharp Inverter Air conditioner remote….

Arduino User, Indonesia

Just to say that i am very happy with the program. I Can decode a Toshiba aircon and transmit via arduino.

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